Russian Pictures
Russian Pictures
Auction Closed
November 26, 01:34 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
NIKOLAI ZINOVIEVICH YUKHNEVICH
1886-1966
MALE PORTRAIT
signed in Cyrillic YuKhn and dated 16/1 17g l.r.; further signed, inscribed and dated on the reverse
tempera over pencil on cardboard
26.5 by 24cm, 10½ by 9½in.
Nikolai Yukhnevich pursued a career as a doctor and lecturer at Odessa Medical Institute whilst simultaneously taking an active part in the local artistic community. As a member of the Odessan Society of Independent Artists he participated in a number of exhibitions. Yukhnevich’s close friend and fellow artist Amshey Nurenberg wrote of him: ‘In the line of doctor-painters one must also mention Nikolai Yukhnevich – a former member of the Independents society. Yukhnevich is a great and subtle artist. He paints portraits, landscapes and still lifes. His pastels testify to a high artistic culture and developed taste.’ (A.Nurenberg, ‘Professora meditsiny – khudozhniki’, 2007) Given the strong resemblance to the artist in a surviving photograph, this work is very likely a self-portrait.